Steffen Iversen, who scored the goal that gave Norway a shock 1-0 win over much-fancied Spain, said the arrival of Sergei Rebrov at Tottenham has given him the spur to consider putting pen to paper on a new deal.

Spurs want Iversen to sign an extension to his contract which still has two years to run and the goal hero in Wednesday's success told Soccernet he is committed to contract talks as soon as he returns from Euro 2000.

Iversen said: 'I am going to sit down with Spurs as soon as I return to London from the European Championship and hopefully I will be signing the contract. Sergei is a very good player, he is quick and skilful, and he will be a good signing for us.

'Hopefully we can get a good part-nership going next season. I am really pleased with his arrival.'

Norway's first ever game in the Finals of the European Championship was crowned with a shock win in the Feyenoord Stadium.

Their success arrived via a brave 66th minute header from Iversen as the Norwegians demonstrated that the battling legacy first instilled into them under Egil Olsen was alive and kicking under coach Nils Johan Semb.

In another difficult encounter in the blistering heat of the Low Countries, Semb's side matched Spain challenge-for-challenge and deserve to sit proudly on top of the group after the opening round.

Man-of-the-match Eric Mykland told the assembled media that their victory had been down to the fact that all the Norwegian players 'loved each other, off the field and on it'.

However, before his remark could be misunderstood, Chelsea's Tore Andre Flo intervened. He said: 'What Erik meant was that there is a great atmosphere in the team and everybody enjoys playing for Norway.

'We are a very small country and we know the world doesn't expect much from us - but we like that. Our spirit comes from playing a lot of ball games. We play table tennis, tennis, billiards and so on together.

'We just do the normal things and because so many of us now play in England we can keep in touch with each other easily. We work so hard together and when we get the results like this, we all enjoy it more.'

Semb was delighted to have steered Norway to an historic victory, but added that Spain were not out of the running. He said: 'I was very proud of the performance because it was a big victory for a small country.

'But Spain are not over-rated. They have a strong squad and I think they will manage to qualify from this group.'

His words were small crumbs of comfort for Spanish coach Jose Camacho who watched his side squander a number of second half chances. He also refused to blame keeper Jose Molina for his rash attempt to punch the ball clear - an error which led to Iversen's headed winner.

Camacho said: 'I have told the players I am not worried about this result because we created a lot of chances. It was one of those days when the ball would just not go in.

'Norway made it very difficult for us by getting a lot of men behind the ball but I will not blame the keeper for the defeat. These things happen in football.'